NAZI SPY RING
OPERATIONS IN AMERICA DISCLOSURES AT TRIAL (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Feb. 4. In the course of proceedings against an alleged Nazi spy ring to-day, Lucy Boehmler testified that ships m the movements of which her spy chief had been interested had been sunk after he had discovered their departure schedules. Miss Boehmler, aged 18, was engaged as secretary by Kurt Frederick Ludwig, who was described by the prosecutor as a paid agent of the German Government. In the spring of 1941, after he had shown particular interest in New York shipping, Ludwig, with Miss Boehmler, went south, visiting various military establishments, camps, arsenals, forts, air bases and airports. Posing as a tourist, Ludwig photographed military installations at all the points he visited and secured details concerning the location, equipment and morale of the forces encountered. At one naval air station admission was refused at first, but on being shown a letter from one of the defendants, the military police admitted them, in spite of Ludwig’s German accent.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24834, 6 February 1942, Page 5
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